11th hour you tuuturn bit president hours before the raids were set to begin and at least ten u. S. Cities, the president tweeting yesterday afternoon that at the request of democrats, hes delaying the mass arrests. However, President Trump threatened to start deportations again in two weeks if democrats do not agree to change the countrys asylum laws. The looming mass roundup of around 2,000 families threatened to separate children born in the u. S. From their undocumented parents. Also on the line, more than 4 billion in new funding. Congress was inching closer to approving to alleviate the dire humanitarian crisis at the border. What prompted the president to pivot on a central policy thats integral to his Reelection Campaign . Two Homeland Security officials are saying the raids were called off in large part because details of the plan had been leaked to the media and also because i. C. E. Did not have enough detention space. The president s latest attempt to pressure his opponents
New this morning, hundreds of pages of newly released testimony from two key figures are giving us remarkable insight on the impeachment probe as it reaches day 55. The House Intelligence Committee releasing documents of closed door testimony from jennifer williams, an aide to mike pence and the former National Security counsel sif of firsthand accounts after personally listening to the july 25th phone call between President Trump and ukrainian president zelensky. In a joint statement on the transcript, the chairs leading the inquiry say the july 25th phone call immediately set off alarm bells throughout the white house. Williams told investigators that the call was, quote, unusual and inappropriate. And that it shed light on possible other motivations behind a hold on security assistance. Meanwhile, tim morrison testified he suggested to lawyers, quote, we restrict access to the package referring to the transcript of the call. However, he did not believe anything inappropriate took pl
Headquarters in new york. It is 7 00 in the east, 4 00 out west. We start this hour with breaking news out of chicago. 13 people have been shot at a possible house party in a south side of chicago neighborhood. That is according to police. The age and condition of the victims being treated at an area hospital is unknown. We may learn more about what happened at a News Conference which is expected to begin shortly. This latest shooting adds to a weekend of shootings that have killed at least four people. And now the days other big headline, newly released documents with critical information on one of the key aspects of the democrats case for impeachment. It cites an email among 146 pages of doj released documents that mentions the hold on ukraine funding just two hours after the july 25th call between President Trump and volodymyr zelensky. In a Statement Released this morning an omb spokesperson says its reckless to tie ukraine funding to the july 25th call. The spokesperson says that
Our values. What do the ten people take away from what happened in the first debate in the 2020 campaign season. Answers ahead. Ten candidates tangling in miami for two hours. They hit on a breadth of issues. Health care, the economy, immigration and guns, among the key topics in a fastpaced battle for time and attention. First, the economy. When you have a government, an economy, that does great for those with money and isnt doing great for everyone else, that is corruption, pure and simple. We need to call it out, attack it headon and make structural change in our government, our economy and in our country. Donald trump sits in the white house and gloats about whats going on, when you have so many people who have trouble affording college and their premi premiums. I live in a lowincome black and brown community. I see every day this economy is not working for average americans. What is missing is courage. Courage in washington to take on the giants. Thats part of the corruption in th